A Winter in New York by Josie Silver β Audio ARC from Delacorte books for an honest review Book Blurb: A young chef stumbles on a secret family recipe that might lead her to the loveβand lifeβsheβs been looking for in this stunning novel. When Iris decides to move to...
What You Do to Me by Rochelle B. Weinstein β 363 pages Β ARC from Amazon Publishing and Getred PR for an honest review Book Blurb: Journalist Cecilia James is a sucker for a love song. So when she stumbles across a clue to the identity of the muse for one of rockβs...
The Refugee Ocean by Pauls Toutonghi β 352 pages ARC Simon and Schuster books and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Born in Beirut in 1922, Marguerite Toutoungi lives a life of loss and sacrifice. She dreams of traveling to Europe and studying music at the...
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb β Audio ARC from PRH Audio and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Bern Hendricks has just received the call of a lifetime. As one of the worldβs preeminent experts on the famed twentieth-century composer Frederick...
Strangers in the Night by Heather Webb β 432 pages Β ARC from Harper Books and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: She was the small-town southern beauty transformed into a Hollywood love goddess. He was the legendary crooner whose voice transfixed the world....
Review:Strangers in the Night by Heather Webb was an intimate introduction to Frank Sinatra and his lifelong love, Ava Gardner. Admittedly, I knew next to nothing about the man or the woman behind their star status. I for sure have heard Frankβs music as my parents were, and still are, fans of his songs.The good news is that by writing in the first person from Frankβs POV and Avaβs POV, the reader is introduced to them in an accessible way. It didnβt matter if youβve been a lifelong fan or not familiar with either of them, we all start the book as equals.I was shocked at the at how fast their relationship could go from cold to hot. The way they could both love and fight with such passion and acrimony was crazy. Yet they always, well almost always, came back to one another.Learning about how they were raised, the struggles they went through, and the allowances given to men (not women) were all addressed throughout the book. Depression, alcoholism, addiction, and infidelity were commonplace in star-studded Hollywood.Fans of movies and old Hollywood will adore this book and folks like me, who knew little to none about Frank and Ava will enjoy it too!Heather Webb, Author @msheatherwebb @williammorrowbooks π What's your favorite song? π#newreview#bookreader#bookreview#goodbookfairybookreview #tbr #AddtoTBR#goodbookfairy... See MoreSee Less